Jama Masjid, Bhilai
mosque in India
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Overview
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The Jama Masjid is a Sunni mosque in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, located on Garage Road in Durg Tahsil. According to the available sources, it can hold around 3,000 worshippers at a time and is counted among the largest mosques in the state and in Asia. Its most notable feature is its design in the form of the words "Ya Allah" written in Arabic script, which the sources describe as the first mosque in the world built this way.
History
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Construction of the mosque took three years, and it was completed in 1967.
From Wikipedia
The Jama Mosque, or Jama Masjid, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. The mosque was completed in the 1960s and can accommodate 3,000 worshippers at a time and is one of the largest mosques in the state, and also in Asia. It is the first mosque in the world to be built in the shape of the word "Ya Allah" in Arabic script. It took three years for the construction of the mosque which was completed in 1967.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%8C_%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama_Mosque,_Bhilai
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A8%DA%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C